Artificial Intelligence: the day magic came into our lives

It was in 1956 that the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) was coined by John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky and Claude Shannon at the Dartmouth Conference, a conference where predictions so optimistic were made that they never came true. Today, having vastly surpassed those forecasts, AI is an indispensable part of our world. The applications of Artificial Intelligence are increasingly numerous and surprising, ranging from sophisticated recommendation algorithms for online shopping to improved diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Innovation in this field is advancing by leaps and bounds, making it possible for us to live in an increasingly automated society. A clear example of the use of AI in the home is virtual assistants, which have become a well-known success story: Aura (Telefónica), Alexa (Amazon) Cortana (Microsoft) and Siri (Apple) are spectacular technological developments.